Flying steel pipe pierces Toyota like a pig on a spit

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Flying steel pipe pierces Toyota like a pig on a spit (PHOTOS)
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- A steel square pipe flew off a pickup truck and careened through the rear windshield of a Toyota all the way to its dashboard console on a highway in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian on Saturday.

Photos of the crazy incident spread and traumatized the motorists on Twitter this week.

The pipe flew between the two car seats, so the driver Watthiraporn Phrompongsri escaped uninjured, thank heavens.
In a report yesterday, Watthiraporn spoke of the near-death incident. She initially thought her car was rear-ended when she heard the bang, then she saw the steel pipe slide right next to her body.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/10/21/flying-steel-pipe-pierces-toyota-pig-spit-photos


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-10-21

[steven100]

crickey !! very lucky she wasn't killed. Fine the driver 100 baht for not securing his load.

Edited October 21, 2015 by steven100

[Evilbaz]

Did the safety strap on the back go to sleep?

[thequietman]

crickey !! very lucky he wasn't killed. Fine the driver 100 baht for not securing his load.

She initially thought

[steven100]

crickey !! very lucky he wasn't killed. Fine the driver 100 baht for not securing his load.

She initially thought

thanks, when I checked Watthiraporn i thought it was a mans name ...

[DrTuner]

The way they (don't) secure their loads here, I'm surprised the highways aren't littered with impaled corpses.

[kartman]

Maybe not the truck drivers fault the vehicle behind may not have seen the faded pink plastic bag on the 2mtr overhang and punched it forward

[Aussieroaming]

She is lucky and the pick up driver is a numpty

[smedly]

when will they learn, this is not a safe way to carry such a load, brake hard and this is the result - scary

[Evilbaz]

Maybe not the truck drivers fault the vehicle behind may not have seen the faded pink plastic bag on the 2mtr overhang and punched it forward

The pipe entered the rear window ...

[Just1Voice]

The female driver was unavailable for further comment as she had to hurry home to change her underwear.

[phutoie2]

TV a bit slow here, been on FB for sometime now. A Thai traffic cop friend sent me some pics, worrying.

[sawadee1947]

yeah, you could be happy for every day you survive on Thailands roads.....

[Pib]

when will they learn, this is not a safe way to carry such a load, brake hard and this is the result - scary

Regarding When will they learn? Answer: Never.

[Thian]

The way they (don't) secure their loads here, I'm surprised the highways aren't littered with impaled corpses.

Almost daily i see lost loads laying on the roads. Last week a huge truck loaded with those white gypsum blocks which all fell off in a corner.

Yesterday a big truck which was loaded too high and touched the roadsigns here in BKK.

Also we have some very low U-turns under bridges at Kanchana phisek, many times i've seen pickups like on this pic stuck there under the bridge when their load touched the bridge and fell off. Causing huge trafficjams and then they all have to drive back in reverse onto the highway.

But fortunately not many times that i saw corpses on the road.

[worgeordie]

She better hurry out and buy a lottery ticket,it was her very lucky day,

did the driver do a runner.

regards worgeordie

[kartman]

Maybe not the truck drivers fault the vehicle behind may not have seen the faded pink plastic bag on the 2mtr overhang and punched it forward

The pipe entered the rear window ...

Read it again

[godden]

A 2 mtr aluminium step ladder in the middle of the motor way the other month, scary.

[Travelman868]

crickey !! very lucky she wasn't killed. Fine the driver 100 baht for not securing his load.

your being very silly. Everyone know driving fine in BBK and Pattaya is 400 baht. Fine in villages is 200 baht. AND in this case he can drive with insecured load all day because he only pay fine once.

[IamNoone88]

I am buying 4375 in the lottery!

[slipperylobster]

crickey !! very lucky she wasn't killed. Fine the driver 100 baht for not securing his load.

no fine...if he wai's and says sorry. I would probably go to jail for negligence and attempted man slaugher.

[ratcatcher]

Maybe not the truck drivers fault the vehicle behind may not have seen the faded pink plastic bag on the 2mtr overhang and punched it forward

Do you think it possible that the steel load of tubes was lashed down in such a way that one of the pipes was free to move forward under heavy braking.

The load may have seemed secure when the truck left the yard, but may have worked loose enough to cause this near fatality.

A lot depends on the skill of the person securing the load. These pipes were on the steel roof of a covered truck. Just a thought.

[slipperylobster]

did she get to keep the pipe? might be the only thing she gets out of all this.

[NickJ]

Loadmaster has a diffrent meaning here.....

[elgordo38]

Did the safety strap on the back go to sleep?

No the one unstrapped in the front seat fell asleep.

[catinthehat]

From the main article:

The insurance company of the pickup truck paid for the damage while the driver of the truck said he bought steel pipes from a shop and blamed them for not tightening the pipes securely enough.

The driver was let off with a fine for reckless driving.

"Not my fault."

"Sure I will buy two tickets to the RTP benevolent fund."

"Where I will offer to be the keynote speaker on how to secure your load blame others for my incompetence."

"After all, yesterday I was flipping burgers at McDonalds. And today I am a certified truck driver"

[Lampang2]

Always drivers responsibility.

Very simple, but not in Los.

[springheeled jack]

an apt phrase but a very dangerous incident which should not have happened the truck driver was negligent in not making sure the load was secured it wasn't the shops responsibility it was his .

[mgjackson69]

That is not a steel "pipe".

It is structural steel, not intended to transport liquid or gas.

That said, my wife and I saw this on the television news yesterday. We discussed the various ways this could have had a very different (worse) outcome...someone in that seat, the load-carrying truck being one meter to the right, or the Toyota being a meter left, etc etc.

It would definitely be a <deleted> moment.

[stoneyboy]

That is not a steel "pipe".

It is structural steel, not intended to transport liquid or gas.

That said, my wife and I saw this on the television news yesterday. We discussed the various ways this could have had a very different (worse) outcome...someone in that seat, the load-carrying truck being one meter to the right, or the Toyota being a meter left, etc etc.

It would definitely be a <deleted> moment.

To be pedantic it's actually called Box Section.